Brother K
@konchognorbu.bsky.social
Buddhist monk since 1993. Copyeditor at 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. Low-intensity birder. 96.37% vegan.
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Brother K
@konchognorbu.bsky.social
· Nov 25
The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma / 84000 Reading Room
While on the way to Rājagṛha to collect alms, a group of newly ordained monks are approached by some non-Buddhists, who suggest that their doctrine is identical to that of the Buddha, since everyone a...
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Why not start this off auspiciously?
“Beyond that stands a mountain called Rising, which is situated near the face of Sumeru...Since the face of that mountain appears blue, the sky in Jambudvīpa is seen as blue."
“Beyond that stands a mountain called Rising, which is situated near the face of Sumeru...Since the face of that mountain appears blue, the sky in Jambudvīpa is seen as blue."
What a dismal metaphor for our times.
Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks who labored in silence, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M
The $120 million sale of the 3,700-acre St. Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass was one of the largest residential sales in state history
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December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
What a dismal metaphor for our times.
As my sainted grandmother used to say, "I'd sooner eat snakes."
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
As my sainted grandmother used to say, "I'd sooner eat snakes."
Can't hurt, might help. Please join me:
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-co...
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-co...
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela
The Trump regime has been amassing forces in the Caribbean as it threatens war against Venezuela. Over the past few months, they’ve bombed small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that they claim were...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Can't hurt, might help. Please join me:
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-co...
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-co...
I haven't been on the phone to my GOP rep in a while out of sheer exasperation, but that will change tomorrow. This ALL CAPS lunatic is fabricating a war for reasons so incoherent they make the Iraq BS sound like Cicero. Please make some noise of your own too.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I haven't been on the phone to my GOP rep in a while out of sheer exasperation, but that will change tomorrow. This ALL CAPS lunatic is fabricating a war for reasons so incoherent they make the Iraq BS sound like Cicero. Please make some noise of your own too.
With wisdom, let's dedicate merit to Nick Reiner. Even in these depraved times, it's rare for someone to commit two of the five worst actions. He has a horrendous road ahead. Taking my cue from Patrul Rinpoche. who said to pity the hunter (karma created) more than the deer (karma exhausted).
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
With wisdom, let's dedicate merit to Nick Reiner. Even in these depraved times, it's rare for someone to commit two of the five worst actions. He has a horrendous road ahead. Taking my cue from Patrul Rinpoche. who said to pity the hunter (karma created) more than the deer (karma exhausted).
I confess, it's hard to imagine buddha nature lurking somewhere beneath this monstrous and inhuman spectacle.
This is both disgusting and expected.
The Scumbag-in-Chief
The Scumbag-in-Chief
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I confess, it's hard to imagine buddha nature lurking somewhere beneath this monstrous and inhuman spectacle.
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#RealBuddhaQuotes Simply pause and admire the depth of these words, and the presence of the Buddha they evoke.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#RealBuddhaQuotes Simply pause and admire the depth of these words, and the presence of the Buddha they evoke.
“Subhūti, if you ask what the four correct exertions are, they resolve to cause negative and nonvirtuous phenomena that have not yet arisen not to arise, struggle to renounce those that have previously arisen...
December 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Subhūti, if you ask what the four correct exertions are, they resolve to cause negative and nonvirtuous phenomena that have not yet arisen not to arise, struggle to renounce those that have previously arisen...
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#RealBuddhaQuotes Moments appear, dissolve, and move on.
How does this teaching land with you today?
How does this teaching land with you today?
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#RealBuddhaQuotes Moments appear, dissolve, and move on.
How does this teaching land with you today?
How does this teaching land with you today?
When you get to this point, it's time to not look at another news feed.
88K views · 375 reactions | また来た‼️中国のハーシュノイズの人が4本目の動画を送って来た。もうハーシュでも何でも無い。ただただ叫んでいるだけ。(笑)最初は嫌だったがもう既に次が動画が楽しみ‼️(笑)本当に私にどうしろと言うのか⁉️(笑)
#ハーシュノイズ | 一楽儀光
また来た‼️中国のハーシュノイズの人が4本目の動画を送って来た。もうハーシュでも何でも無い。ただただ叫んでいるだけ。(笑)最初は嫌だったがもう既に次が動画が楽しみ‼️(笑)本当に私にどうしろと言うのか⁉️(笑)
#ハーシュノイズ
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December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
When you get to this point, it's time to not look at another news feed.
This may be the greatest line in the whole of the Perfection of Wisdom corpus, about a quality of irreversible bodhisattvas:
"They are not nasty in a way that the nastiness causes somebody else to dislike them."
If you lived your whole life just according to that, you'd be fine.
"They are not nasty in a way that the nastiness causes somebody else to dislike them."
If you lived your whole life just according to that, you'd be fine.
December 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This may be the greatest line in the whole of the Perfection of Wisdom corpus, about a quality of irreversible bodhisattvas:
"They are not nasty in a way that the nastiness causes somebody else to dislike them."
If you lived your whole life just according to that, you'd be fine.
"They are not nasty in a way that the nastiness causes somebody else to dislike them."
If you lived your whole life just according to that, you'd be fine.
May Pete Hegseth and his ilk meet and be inspired by a true bodhisattva:
"[Bodhisattvas] should set their mind on nonviolence toward all beings, and they should not set their mind on violence."
~The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines~
"[Bodhisattvas] should set their mind on nonviolence toward all beings, and they should not set their mind on violence."
~The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines~
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
May Pete Hegseth and his ilk meet and be inspired by a true bodhisattva:
"[Bodhisattvas] should set their mind on nonviolence toward all beings, and they should not set their mind on violence."
~The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines~
"[Bodhisattvas] should set their mind on nonviolence toward all beings, and they should not set their mind on violence."
~The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines~
Reposted by Brother K
Ready to test your Buddha-quote instincts?
Liana gave it her best shot at Dzongsar Monlam — now it’s your turn.
Watch, guess, and play along.
Follow #RealBuddhaQuotes for more real quotes from the Buddha.
Liana gave it her best shot at Dzongsar Monlam — now it’s your turn.
Watch, guess, and play along.
Follow #RealBuddhaQuotes for more real quotes from the Buddha.
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ready to test your Buddha-quote instincts?
Liana gave it her best shot at Dzongsar Monlam — now it’s your turn.
Watch, guess, and play along.
Follow #RealBuddhaQuotes for more real quotes from the Buddha.
Liana gave it her best shot at Dzongsar Monlam — now it’s your turn.
Watch, guess, and play along.
Follow #RealBuddhaQuotes for more real quotes from the Buddha.
Reposted by Brother K
#OnOurRadar: 84000 Associate Translator Dr. Adam C. Krug has a forthcoming book, The Seven Siddhi Texts, now available for presale from Wisdom Publications with a 20% discount through 23 December.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#OnOurRadar: 84000 Associate Translator Dr. Adam C. Krug has a forthcoming book, The Seven Siddhi Texts, now available for presale from Wisdom Publications with a 20% discount through 23 December.
🔗 Preorder: wisdomexperience.org/product/the-...
🔗 Preorder: wisdomexperience.org/product/the-...
Sunrise over the season's first snow.
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sunrise over the season's first snow.
My first thought was, "Well then, how are you supposed to read it?"
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My first thought was, "Well then, how are you supposed to read it?"
"A perfect human birth is rare. Release from saṃsāra is rare. Since that is the case, do not render this perfect human birth meaningless, lest you end up in an imperfect birth that cannot be rectified."
From "The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines"
From "The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines"
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"A perfect human birth is rare. Release from saṃsāra is rare. Since that is the case, do not render this perfect human birth meaningless, lest you end up in an imperfect birth that cannot be rectified."
From "The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines"
From "The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines"
Wish our bodhisattva anthems were more like this, rather then the unlistenable saccharine tracks that accompany most Dharma content.
Dub Syndicate - Nothing Comes Easy
YouTube video by mrmsclvr
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November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Wish our bodhisattva anthems were more like this, rather then the unlistenable saccharine tracks that accompany most Dharma content.
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#RealBuddhaQuotes Pleasures come and go, but every intention, every deed, leaves an imprint. A quiet reminder to invest in what truly lasts.
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#RealBuddhaQuotes Pleasures come and go, but every intention, every deed, leaves an imprint. A quiet reminder to invest in what truly lasts.
“[Bodhisattvas] themselves abstain from killing, encourage others to abstain from killing, praise abstention from killing, and when others abstain from killing give them praise and approval."
~The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines~
~The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines~
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“[Bodhisattvas] themselves abstain from killing, encourage others to abstain from killing, praise abstention from killing, and when others abstain from killing give them praise and approval."
~The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines~
~The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines~
Now there's a cover I've never seen: Terry Riley's "Shri Camel" with -- Avalokiteshvara? -- on the keys.
Listening now...
Listening now...
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Now there's a cover I've never seen: Terry Riley's "Shri Camel" with -- Avalokiteshvara? -- on the keys.
Listening now...
Listening now...
In the perfection of wisdom sutras, great bodhisattvas teach the gods about the faults of taking refuge in conditioned phenomena after burning their celestial palaces to the ground. I'm not saying we should *all* take inspiration from this, but...
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In the perfection of wisdom sutras, great bodhisattvas teach the gods about the faults of taking refuge in conditioned phenomena after burning their celestial palaces to the ground. I'm not saying we should *all* take inspiration from this, but...
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Today marks the auspicious occasion of Lhabab Düchen, when we commemorate the Buddha’s return to the human realm from the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, where he taught the Dharma to his mother and other celestial beings.
(Artwork: “Teaching His Mother the Dharma,” Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum)
(Artwork: “Teaching His Mother the Dharma,” Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum)
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Today marks the auspicious occasion of Lhabab Düchen, when we commemorate the Buddha’s return to the human realm from the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, where he taught the Dharma to his mother and other celestial beings.
(Artwork: “Teaching His Mother the Dharma,” Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum)
(Artwork: “Teaching His Mother the Dharma,” Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum)